Abraham Lincoln Writing the Emancipation Proclamation, (painting)

Object Details

Notes: Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992.; Catalogue of Painting Collection, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1973, pg. 20.; Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1990.; Image on file.; Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992, pg. 99.; Catalogue of Painting Collection, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1973, pl. 31.; (Lower left:) Blythe signed; The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary: Scene with Abraham Lincoln, who is seated in the center of a room, surrounded by maps, newspapers, papers, and books.

Owner/Location: Carnegie Institute Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213 Accession Number: 58.56.2

Topic: Cartoon--Political; History--United States--Civil War; History--United States--Emancipation Proclamation; Portrait male--Full length; Occupation--Political--President; Object--Written Matter--Map; Architecture interior